CUSTOMER’S BUSINESS: Sprout Social is a social media management platform that provides businesses with publishing, engagement and analytics.CHALLENGES: As an early-stage startup, Sprout focused on product development instead of...

CUSTOMER’S BUSINESS: FundApps offers a web-based service that allows fund managers to keep their portfolios in compliance with international regulations.CHALLENGES: FundApps’ blue-chip customers prioritize security and are wary...

APPLIES TO: RackConnect v2.0
IMPORTANT: These compatibility listings are general guidelines. Please view the links provided or please contact your Support Team for further details and caveats.
RackConnect Compatibility with...

Leveraging new technology, architecture and software with no vendor lock-in at RackspaceCUSTOMER’S BUSINESS: The largest online retailer of eyeglasses and contact lenses in North AmericaCHALLENGES: Technology that would allow...

APPLIES TO: RackConnect v2.0
Objective
This document is meant to be used by RackConnect "power users". Power users typically use the API to build new servers and need to be able to spin up large numbers of servers quickly. For...

[Matt Shover:] Additionally a capability that we have that will complement our bursting use case that we talked about earlier [part 2 of the series] is something here at Rackspace called Auto Scaling [product...

[Matt Shover:] The next part that may be relevant is going to be load balancer pools [product link]. So say that you have some web servers over here in VMware or a web server and you'd like to have additional web...

APPLIES TO: RackConnect v2.0
For the Rackspace Open Cloud offering, the image list for RackConnect customers with Managed Infrastructure has been simplified. As long as your RackConnect implementation is complete, you can select...

APPLIES TO: RackConnect v2.0
To create new servers, you can use Cloud Server images that are available in the MyRackspace Portal, the Cloud Control Panel, or the Cloud Servers API. To ensure that you are using a Cloud Server...

Load balancers distribute workloads across 2 or more servers, network links or other resources. This distribution maximizes throughput, minimizes response time and helps avoid overload. The following...

You can access the RackConnect Management Interface from the MyRackspace Portal. To view your RackConnect configuration, click Network > RackConnect.On the RackConnect page, you can add a Cloud account to your RackConnect...

APPLIES TO: RackConnect v2.0
In order to Implement RackConnect, the following are required:
Supported Network Device - The RackConnect automation is compatible with any Cisco ASA firewall (5505 Security+ or better) or F5 Big-IP...

APPLIES TO: RackConnect v2.0
Note: this article is a high level overview of RackConnect v2.0. For more technical information on RackConnect, see What are the requirements for implementing RackConnect?.
RackConnect gives you the...

APPLIES TO: RackConnect v3.0, RackConnect v2.0
We have created this article to cover many of the key terms you will encounter with RackConnect—to help you better understand how RackConnect works. Next to each term, in parenthesis...

RackConnect Auto NAT is a new feature available to RackConnect 2.0 customers that have Automation Features enabled. It provides the ability to allocate a set of pre-routed dedicated public IP addresses for use with new...

Scaling and High Availability

You can use Auto Scale and RackConnect for “cloud bursting”: adding cloud servers dynamically in response to demand, and removing them after they are no longer needed. This article provides information about configuring Auto...

CUSTOMER’S BUSINESS: Behance is the world’s leading online platform for showcasing and discoveringcreative work.CHALLENGES: Behance needed a hybrid infrastructure that could keep pace with its rapid growth.RACKSPACE® SOLUTION:...

MSSQL

RackConnect creates an optimal compute environment.CUSTOMER’S BUSINESS: Providing insight into the executives and entities behind a corporation, and promoting corporate transparency by being a historical archive of corporate data...

Windows MSSQL

RackConnect creates an optimal compute environment.CUSTOMER’S BUSINESS: Providing insight into the executives and entities behind a corporation, and promoting corporate transparency by being a historical archive of corporate data...

Linux Tools

You've built your base server and are about to take an image of it. If only there were some way to know whether the RackConnect portion of the build process would succeed before you spent the time necessary to create the image...

Windows Tools

You've built your base server and are about to take an image of it. If only there were some way to know whether the RackConnect portion of the build process would succeed before you spent the time necessary to create the image...

Linux IPTables

By default, RackConnect Automation takes complete control of the iptables software firewall on your Linux Cloud Servers, using it to enforce your configured Network Policies for those network connections that do not traverse your...

Performance

APPLIES TO: RackConnect v3.0, RackConnect v2.0
The following charts provide a detailed comparison of the network devices available for use with your RackConnect configuration. RackConnect and RC are used interchangeably.

Web Technologies

COMPANY'S BUSINESS: Rich Media/Streaming ContentWHAT THEY DO: Operates one of the largest online professional video game leagues in the world supporting millions of players worldwideIT GOALS: Create a scalable platform for...